Metroid Prime 3: Corruption for Wii

Exclusive to the Nintendo Wii Console, Metroid Prime 3 sees the Galactic Federation's network of computers suddenly & completely corrupted by a virus. The Federation contracts a team of bounty hunters, including Metroid Prime hero Samus Aran, to locate & neutralize the perpetrators... A story-driven, first-person shooter with plenty of puzzle-solving, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption is exactly the kind of experience that hardcore gamers have been waiting for on the Nintendo Wii Console. Features such as the Grapple Lasso, Visors and Morph Ball, will be familiar to fans of the series, but there's also many new surprises, including Hypermode &, for the first time, control of Samus' ship...

Friday, October 19, 2007

Half-Life 2: The Orange Box

Valve's "The Orange Box" includes five games, three are new & exclusive to this collection...

1998: the original Half-Life won 50+ "Game Of The Year" awards for its innovative and immersive storytelling. Half-Life 2 continues the story of research scientist Gordon Freeman. With the intense atmosphere of the original taken to new levels of realism, Freeman is thrust into the role of rescuing the world from the alien menace he has unleashed. (Half-Life 2 trailer). Episode One (trailer) and the new Episode Two (1st trailer - 2nd trailer) present further advances in graphics rendering & Artificial Intelligence, extending the single player experience of the Half-Life adventure. Portal is a deceptively simple puzzle game with a warped sense of humour. You are armed with a gravity-gun that can also fire portals. You step into one portal & come out of the other. It begins easy enough, but you'll soon be straining your brain to figure out solutions. (Watch the PORTAL Training Video). Team Fortress 2 is an online multiplayer team warfare game. Play as a flame-throwing Pyro, a Heavy, Spy, Engineer, Scout, Soldier, Sniper, Demolition Man or Medic. Endless hours of crazy cartoon-style murder & mayhem is on offer here. (Team Fortress 2: trailer 1 - trailer 2)

Friday, October 12, 2007

Assassin's Creed: Behind the Scenes

"At Ubisoft's Montreal studio, a team of 300 designers, programmers and artists have spent four years developing Assassin's Creed, a next generation medieval action adventure... Assassin's Creed is set during the Crusades and the action takes place in three huge cities. Each is populated with thousands of computer controlled characters. Players can take Altair, the character they control, anywhere in the city..."

Project Gotham Racing 4 - XBOX 360

Project Gotham Racing 4 offers improved graphics and physics, but the most prominent addition is the dramatic weather effects that affect gameplay. (You can even synchronize with data from The Weather Channel for real-time, real-world weather.) PGR4 includes all of the tracks from PGR3, including: Tokyo, New York, London & Las Vegas - plus five new tracks: Shanghai, St. Petersburg, Quebec City, Macau and Michelin Test Track. With an expanded career mode and online multiplayer mode, PGR 4 features 120+ vehicles, including motorbikes...

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

New PlayStation 3 40GB Console

While the price of the PlayStation 3 60GB Console has fallen to around £350, Sony have also released a new model of the PS3 in Europe today. Priced £299.99, the PlayStation 3 40GB Console obviously has less storage on it's hard drive, but the main thing missing is backwards capabilities with PS2 games. (It also doesn't have SACD playback or the Memory Card Readers built-in to the PS3 60GB)

Sony have decided to discontinue production of the 60GB model. The aim is to lower production costs & offer a cheaper retail price with the PlayStation 3 40GB Console. So, if you want the 60GB version, get it now! Sony's official Press Release states:"Remaining on sale while stocks last, the 60GB..."